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Securing accuracy and precision when pipetting hot and cold liquids with Microman®

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Biotechnology researchers and laboratory technicians cannot always prevent errors in their results owing to the temperature variation between samples and pipettes. Gilson, the pioneer in high-quality pipetting technology, has developed a positive displacement pipette, the Microman®, to circumvent the issue. Here we present a comparison of Microman® performance with that of the Pipetman®, the reliability standard from Gilson.

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Figure 2: Qualitative variation of a liquid's volume is directly related to the variation of the air-cushion temperature during pipetting cycles.
Figure 3: Consistent accuracy and precision.

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Correspondence to Frédéric Millet or Thierry Barthlen.

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Millet, F., Barthlen, T. Securing accuracy and precision when pipetting hot and cold liquids with Microman®. Nat Methods 4, iii–iv (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1086

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